Edging



H. G. LEVY.

EDGING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27. I920.

Patented Dec, 13, 1921.

I N VEN TOR G LEvy UNITED; STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRI G. LEVY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

EDGIN'G.

1,400,174. I Specification oLLetters'Patent.

- Application filed February 27, 1820. Serial No. 361,805.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, HENRI G. Lnvr a citizen of the United States, and a resident of a the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have made a new and useful invention-to wit, Improvements in Edg ings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, concise, .and exact description of the same.

This invention relates particularly to rubber edgings for use on wash trays, basins and the like.

The invention comprehends a new and useful beading of sanitary construction that may be quickl and easily attached to wash that type employed for washing womens air, and which will, when resting in operative position against the neck of the user, form a hermetic seal and thus prevent water from trickling down the-back of the neck.

A further object is to provide a devlce of this nature which is extremely simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, compact in form and so arranged on the tray that the overflow of water caused by undue agitation incidental to the washing process will be reduced to a minimum.

In the accompanying one sheet of drawin s,

%igu1e 1 is an enlarged plan view of an edging constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective of a wash tray having my invention apphed thereto.

Fig. 3 is a perspective of a wash tray having my. invention applied thereto showing the means for supporting the tray.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional elevation taken through the edging.

In detail the construction illustrated in the drawings includes the tray or wash basin generally referred to by the numeral 1. For the best purposes of illustration and description the tray 1, as here shown, is made of sheet metal, nickel plated, and provided with the rolled edge beading 2 around the edge thereof to finish off the same and to hold the contour of the tray rigidly to the desired shape. Although I have shown a rolled edge sheet metal tray I do not wish to limit myself to this articular form as with slight modifications in structure and configuration the rubber edging 3 could be applied to any standard cast iron wash basin, tray or fixture. The tray 1 is supported on the skeleton framing indicated by the numeral 5 which comprises a plurality of arms suitably riveted or welded to the under side or the tray 1 at various interspaced points for rigidly supporting the tray. The framing 5 1s fixedly secured to the bracket 6 pivotally mounted on the stud 7, which is supported in the casting 8. The butterfly handle 9 is threaded to engage the. end of the stud 7 and can be rotated to frictionally bind the bracket 6 against the casting 8 thus permitting radial adjustment of the position of the tray 1. The casting 8 is supported upon a suitable rod 10 mounted on a pedestal or other ornamental base.

The rubber edging or beading 3 consists of a flexible top member forming lateral extensions or shoulders 10 and 11, with respect to the depending body portion 12, and tapering outwardly on both sides thereof to rounded nosed ends-both shoulders overhanging the edge 2 of the tray when secured thereon. The body portion 12 is bifurcated substantially in the center thereof leaving the annular longitudinal slot 14 and channel 15 between the lips 19 and 20, which are adapted to engage the rolled edge 2 and side grdge pf the tray 1 substantially as shown in The edging 3 tends to operate in the following manner. The head and neck of the user is placed in the semi-circular depression 16, formed between the semi-circular projecting ends 17 and 18 of the tray 1, and against the marginal skirting 3 secured along the rolled edge 2 thereof. The pressure of the human neck against the edging 3 forms a hermetically sealed joint between the outer upwardly extended arm 10 and the downwardly depending outer lip 20. The inner shoulder 11 is thus slanted slightly downward to effectively carry all draining Water from the head back into the tray.

The ends of the edging 3 are secured to the sides of the tray by means of clamps 21, comprising spring metal, members substantially U shaped but having a smaller upwardly extending recess 22 into which is adapted to be placed the outer upwardly turned edge 10 of the edging 3.

A rubber beading of this character satisfactorily prevents annoying particles of Water from dripping down the back of a 9 v usei during the washing process and pro-v vides a soft paddin a must which the neck can be freely place without the discomfort Y thatoccurs where it is necessary to restthe neck-on the cold, sharp rolled edge of a sheet metal tray.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by-Letters Patent is: l

1. An edging strip of the character described, comprising a body portion centrally and longitudinally bifurcated, and a lip extending along each upper edge of said body portion and each lip being curved in an up-- wardly and forwardl extending manner for the purpose descri ed. S

2. An edging strip of the character described, comprlsing a body portion longitudinally and centrally bifurcated, and a 11p extending along each upper edge of said body portion each lip being curved in an upwardly and forwardly extending manner and the inner lip being of greater width than the outer lip.

In testimony whereof, I have, hereunto set my hand at San Francisco, California, this 20th day of February, 1920. a

. I HENRI G. LEVY. 

